Pastechis (Antillean Meat Turnovers)
- Ready In:
- 2hrs
- Ingredients:
- 21
- Yields:
-
60 cocktail pastechis
ingredients
- pastechi pastry dough (recipe posted separately)
- 1 large onion, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 green pepper, chopped
- 1 stalk celery, diced
- 1 tablespoon parsley
- 1 large tomatoes, chopped
- 1 piece hot pepper or 3 -5 drops Tabasco sauce
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- 1 lb ground beef, seasoned with
- salt
- pepper
- nutmeg
- curry
- 1 bouillon cube
- 1 teaspoon cumin
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- 1⁄4 cup capers (optional)
- 1⁄4 cup stuffed olives, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup raisins
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
directions
- Saute vegetables in oil.
- Add beef and cook until well done.
- Add bouillon cube, cumin, tomato paste and if necessary, a little water.
- Stir to mix ingredients.
- Simmer until bouillon cube is dissolved.
- Add remaining ingredients.
- You can do a taste test and make filling as spicy as desired.
- Place 1 generous teaspoon of filling on round of Pastechi Pastry.
- Fold rounds in half.
- Seal and crimp edges.
- Fry in hot oil till golden brown.
- Drain on paper towels.
- Serve warm!
- (We like to dip our pastechis in ketchup, but they're yummy plain too!).
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Wow, am I glad I found this recipe! We just got back from vacationing in Aruba, and we found that we love pastechis. I pretty sure that the ones that we had were minus anything sweet, because I remember thinking that they would taste really good with some type of hot sauce like you get at your favorite taco fast food restaurant. In fact, they almost remind me of the fried wrappings for Chalupa's. Thanks for posting it!
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